Alfresco 5.1 introduces new features for content modeling, virtual folders, metadata inheritance and improvements to Share. Virtual folders allow users to intuitively find content through pre-configured searches presented as folders, while metadata inheritance automatically populates metadata without additional user input. The presentation demonstrates these capabilities and how they solve problems for various user personas, such as business analysts configuring models, administrators implementing features, and end users finding content more easily.

1. Alfresco 5.1 Apps and Features Preview
Chris Kitchener – Director of Product Management

2. 5
Agenda
Alfresco5.1Launch
• 5.1 Feature Summary
• App Walkthroughs
• Model and Form Designer for Content Modelling
• Virtual Folders and Metadata Inheritance
• Easier Collaboration With Share
• Quick Recap of App and Platform Features
• Questions

3. 5
Alfresco5.1Launch
• Release Agility
• Share Separation Lifecycle
• Supportable Simple Module Format (JAR)
• API Lifecycle
• Scalability
• Scale Alfresco to 1 Billion Documents
• Solr Sharding
• Improved Transactional Metadata Queries
• Scalability Field Collateral
• Easier Upgrade
• Hot Fixes and Service Packs as Overlays
• End of Life jBPM and NFS
Overall 5.1 Feature
Summary – Platform

4. 5
Overall 5.1 Feature
Summary -­ Apps
Alfresco5.1Launch
• Content Modelling
• Model and Form Designer
• Virtual Folders
• Virtual Folders Surfaced In Share
• Inheritance of Metadata
• Share Simplification
• Optional Welcome Dashlet with Improved Content
• Improved Visual Design and Accessibility
• Flexible Home Definition
• Clearer Visibility and Explanation of Site Permissions
• Replacing Invites with Direct Membership
• Take Ownership and Import Zip

5. 5
Alfresco 5.1
And Our Apps
Demo User
Personas
Barry
The
Business
Analyst
Adam
The
Admin
Eric
The
End
User
Alfresco5.1Launch

6. Content Modelling
Barry
The
Business
Analyst
Adam
The
Admin

7. Virtual Folders
Barry
The
Business
Analyst
Adam
The
AdminEric
The
End
User

8. Solving Interesting Problems For Our Users...
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• “I don’t want to have to set up or configure searches just to find
something that should be in front of me anyway”
• “I don’t like learning ‘new ways to work’”
• “I hate typing in the same metadata time and time again…”
Eric
The
End
User
• “It’s hard to set up saved searches on steroids for my end users…”
• “Training my users to work in a new way is slow and painful”
• “There’s no simple way for metadata to be inherited”
• “It’s painful and slow to have to restart the server every time I make a
change!”
Adam
The
Admin
Barry
The
Business
Analyst

9. The Zen Of Virtual Folders and Metadata Inheritance
• Virtual Folders combines the metaphor of pre-configured searches as
folders and folder structures while enabling users to intuitively find
content that automatically appears in the right business context as if by
magic…
• Metadata inheritance allows you to configure content to automatically
inherit defined metadata without any additional user actions…
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10. The Virtual Folder Design Workflow
10
Specifiy
Business
Case
Use Cases
&
Scenarios
Barry
The
Business
Analyst
Define
&
Implement
Domain
Model
Custom
Data
Model
Define
&
Implement
Application
Virtual
Folder
Templates
Adam
The
Admin
Test
Deploy
Productize
Eric
The
End
User

11. Virtual Folders End User Demo

12. A Better Share Experience
Eric
The
End
User Adam
The
Admin

13. 5
Alfresco5.1Launch
• Release Agility
• Share Separation Lifecycle
• Supportable Simple Module Format (JAR)
• API Lifecycle
• Scalability
• Scale Alfresco to 1 Billion Documents
• Solr Sharding
• Improved Transactional Metadata Queries
• Scalability Field Collateral
• Easier Upgrade
• Hot Fixes and Service Packs as Overlays
• End of Life jBPM and NFS
Overall 5.1 Feature
Summary – Platform

14. 5
Overall 5.1 Feature
Summary -­ Apps
Alfresco5.1Launch
• Content Modelling
• Model and Form Designer
• Virtual Folders
• Virtual Folders Surfaced In Share
• Inheritance of Metadata
• Share Simplification
• Optional Welcome Dashlet with Improved Content
• Improved Visual Design and Accessibility
• Flexible Home Definition
• Clearer Visibility and Explanation of Site Permissions
• Replacing Invites with Direct Membership
• Take Ownership and Import Zip

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